Form-function rules in the first words stage: A longitudinal study of two children*

Authors

  • M. Magdalena Rivero García

Keywords:

communicative development, pragmatic development, communicative intentions, speech-acts, lexical acquisition, desarrollo de la comunicación, desarrollo pragmático, intenciones comunicativas, actos de habla, adquisición léxica

Abstract

This work analyzes pragmatic development in the first words stage, specifically the form-function rules that infants construct for communicating. It presents data from two children who took part in a longitudinal/ observational case study research. Our results point to the general tendencies identified with respect to form-function rules (Ninio, 1994b; Ninio Snow, 1996) and to the existence of inter-individual differences. These differences refer to: a) the mapping of form-function rules and b) pragmatic flexibility. Differences in early lexical acquisition are related to the children’s general communicative profiles

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Published

2012-05-21

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Vol.: 42 Núm.: 1

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